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Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire, England. The circle comprises a modest arrangement of standing stones positioned on elevated moorland, typical of the ceremonial and ritual monuments constructed during the Bronze Age across the upland regions of northern England. Such stone circles served purposes that likely combined calendrical, ceremonial, and territorial functions within prehistoric communities. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and belief systems in the Pennine uplands.
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008916. View the official record →
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008916.
Small stone circle on Delf Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008916.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle (1.1 km), Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead (1.2 km), Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture (1.4 km).
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